Magic is among the most powerful substances in the universe, and the primordial ooze which allowed for the multiverse as we know it to exist.
In it's raw form, magic is both corrosive and mildly radioactive, but fortunately encountering it in this form is rare, as it mostly shows up in nature as a heavily diluted product of magical plants and animals
The commonly accepted magical categories are as follows:
There are countless uses of magic throughout the universe, but the most notable are
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Potions are made from plants and animals with natural magical abilities, and range from drinkable teas, to salves, to hearty stews. The effects of a potion depend on the plants or animals used and the method of delivery.
The vast majority of magical artifacts are highly specialized, consisting of a battery, a handle, and a channel. More generalized artifacts that use purified magic, such as the Butterfly Wand, follow the same basic model, but due to the relative inefficiency of purified magic, the battery needs to be bigger-Much bigger.
In the case of the Butterfly Wand, its battery is not directly attached to it, and is connected through a small, sustained dimensional rift that leads to the magic bladder of a massive, extradimensional exoparasite. This allows for a truly bottomless source of magic, offsetting the efficiency problem at the cost of safety, as the Butterfly Wand is both highly unstable and dangerously radioactive.
Another risk of the Butterfly Wand's setup is the highly corruptible nature of purified magic, which is quick to transform into any more specialized--or wild--form it is exposed too. Likely, this is behind the ban on Butterflies experimenting with wild magic, as any that gets in the reservoir could corrupt it fully.
Dimensional scissors work in a similar way, drawing from the MHC's reservoir, but unlike the Butterfly Wand they use specialized magic, with purified magic being drawn through a simple converter before being channeled through the scissor blades.